Prentice Hall Writing and Grammar Chapter 18

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Prentice HallWriting and GrammarChapter 18

• Conjunctions and Interjections

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Conjunctions

• Conjunctions connect words, groups of words, and
  whole sentences.
• There are two types of conjunctions
• Coordinating Conjunctions
• Correlative Conjunctions

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Coordinating Conjunctions

• Coordinating conjunction connect words or groups
  of words that are similar in form noun with
  noun, phrase with phrase, sentence with sentence,
  and so on.
• Nouns ? The seals and sea lions live there.
• Pronouns ? He or I will lead the nature talk.
• Verbs ? The scientists planned and practiced.
• Adjectives ? That photo is attractive but
  expensive.
• Adverbs ? He works quickly yet carefully.
• Prepositional Phrases ? The hikers followed the
  trail over the hill and to the beach.
• Sentences ? You should come soon, for next week
  we will be leaving.

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Look at the coordinating conjunctions

• Harbor seals cannot walk or travel on land with
  their hind flippers.
• Sea lions and furred seals travel well on land.
• These two water mammals are similar yet
  different.
• Immature males play together, for this is good
  practice for fighting.

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Using Correlative Conjunctions

• Correlative conjunctions are pairs of
  conjunctions that connect words or word groups.
• There are five pairs of correlative conjunctions
• bothand
• neithernor
• eitheror
• not only but also (sometimes other words can
  come between the words but also)
• whetheror

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Correlative Conjunctions

• Nouns ? Both seals and walruses are protected
  species.
• Pronouns ? Neither you nor I could have known.
• Verbs ? Ill either walk or jog to the beach.
• Adjectives ? Her aquarium is not only new but
  also custom-built.
• Adverbs ? He draws both skillfully and
  creatively.
• Prepositional Phrases ? Our team is not only in
  the playoffs but also in the division lead.
• Sentences ? Either we do the research here, or we
  will do it in Canada.

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Look at the correlative conjunctions

• Walruses are found not only in the Pacific Ocean
  but also in the Atlantic Ocean.
• They are both large and agile.
• Not only can they turn their hind limbs forward,
  but they can also move all four limbs to walk on
  land.
• Their tusks are used either for fighting or for
  climbing.

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Interjections

• Interjections are words that express sudden
  excitement or strong feeling.
• Sometimes an interjection is followed by a comma
  and connected to a sentence.
• My, that was an exciting trip.
• Sometimes, an interjection is followed by an
  exclamation mark and is separated from the
  sentence that follows it.
• Wow! That killer whale jumped very high.

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Common Interjections
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Look at the interjections

• Gosh! Some dolphins eat one third of their
  weight in fish each day.
• Wow! Spinner dolphins have more than 200 teeth.
• Darn, I didnt know that they dont breathe
  through the nose.
• Psst, you can read it right here in the book.

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Conjunctions and Interjections Review

• Conjunctions
• Interjections